ohy_orglot1439.xml Guide to the photographs of Oregon post offices Photographs of Oregon post offices Jax De La Cruz-Luera Oregon Historical Society Research Library 2024
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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-11-04. Finding aid is written in English. Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard), 2nd Edition. Oregon Historical Society Research Library Photographs of Oregon post offices Org. Lot 1439 0.1 cubic feet 2 folders in two shared document cases 1922-1967 1955-1967 Collection consists of photographs of United States Post Office locations in Oregon, taken primarily during the 1950s and 1960s. The photographs depict buildings and branches in both urban and rural locations, as well as a small number of other industrial scenes. English

Collection is open for research.

Gift of Richard Engeman, December 2020 (RL2020-062).

Collection is viewable online in OHS Digital Collections.

The photographs in this collection were transferred from an unidentified county museum to Richard Engeman around 2000. He donated them to the Oregon Historical Society Research Library in 2020.

Access to negatives in the collection is limited for preservation purposes. Researchers are encouraged to use the digitized versions viewable online in OHS Digital Collections. To inquire about viewing the negatives, contact library staff.

Photographs of Oregon post offices, Org. Lot 1439, Oregon Historical Society Research Library.

Collection consists of 110 photographic prints and 8 negatives, most depicting United States Post Office buildings and branches in Oregon. Six images are of other industrial buildings and scenes. The images show both rural and urban post office locations, and a majority of the prints include handwritten notations indicating the city of the post office. Some prints also include additional information about the facilities when known, such as the county or location number.

The Oregon Historical Society owns the materials in the Research Library and makes available reproductions for research, publication, and other uses. The Society does not necessarily hold copyright to all materials in the collections. In some cases, permission for use may require seeking additional authorization from copyright owners.

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